Tag Archives: Dr Esther Crawley

Childhood sleep & adolescent CFS/ME

Research abstract: Childhood sleep and adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): evidence of associations in a UK birth cohort, by SM Collin, T Norris, P Gringras, PS Blair, K Tilling, E Crawley in Sleep Med. 2018 Jun;46:26-36. OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND: Sleep abnormalities are characteristic of … Continue reading

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Pediatric CFS: Dr Crawley’s perspective

Article abstract: Pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: current perspectives, by Esther Crawley in Dove Press  Vol 9, #4, pp 27—33 [Published March 29, 2018] Pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome is an important illness as it is relatively common and also very disabling with … Continue reading

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Childhood sleep & adolescent CFS/ME

Research abstract: Childhood sleep and adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): Evidence of associations in a UK birth cohort, by Simon M Collin, Tom Norris, Paul Gringras, Peter S Blair, Kate Tilling, Esther Crawley in Sleep Medicine [Preprint January 31, 2018] Highlights: Children … Continue reading

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The International collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI)

Article abstract: The international collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI), by Ben Z Katz, Simon M Collin, Gabrielle Murphy, Rona Moss-Morris, Vegard Bruun Wyller, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Jeannine L.A. Hautvast, Chantal P Bleeker-Rovers, Ute Vollmer-Conna, Dedra Buchwald, Renée Taylor, Paul Little, … Continue reading

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CFS/ME symptom-based phenotypes & 1 year treatment outcomes in UK & Netherlands

Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) symptom-based phenotypes and 1-year treatment outcomes in two clinical cohorts of adult patients in the UK and The Netherlands, by  Simon M. Collin, Jon Heron, Stephanie Nikolaus, Hans Knoop, Esther Crawley in Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol. 104, … Continue reading

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Health care resource use by patients before & after a diagnosis of CFS/ME

Health care resource use by patients before and after a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): A clinical practice research datalink study, by Simon Collin, Inger Bakken, Irwin Nazareth, Esther Crawley, & Peter D. White in BMC Family Practice. 18 20017 Research abstract: Background: Our … Continue reading

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SMILE trial recommends Lightning Process for children with CFS

In July 2019 corrections and clarifications to this article were published by the researchers in the BMJ, though all critics’ questions about the validity of the results have not been answered. They point out that this is an unblinded trial … Continue reading

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Review of research into treatments for anxiety in children with CFS

Review abstract: What treatments work for anxiety in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)?  Systematic review, by Sarah Victoria Ellen Stoll, Esther Crawley, Victoria Richards, Nishita Lal,  Amberly Brigden, Maria E  Loades in BMJ Open Vol 7, #9, p e015481, September 5, 2017 … Continue reading

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Dr Tuller challenges lack of ethical review of Dr Crawley’s school absence study

Virology blog post, by David Tuller, 28 August 2017: Trial By Error: No Ethical Review of Crawley School Absence Study This is a complicated post. Here are the key points. The rest is details: *Professor Esther Crawley and co-authors claimed … Continue reading

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Specialist treatment of CFS/ME: a cohort study among adult patients in England

Research abstract:  Specialist treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME: A cohort study among adult patients in England, by Simon M Collin, Esther Crawley in BMC Health Services Research Vol. 17, p 488 [published July 14, 2017] Background: NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services … Continue reading

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